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Men killed were heavily involved in attacking western targets. >> so these targeted killings will continue, right? >> absolutely. this is the real core of what special operations is trying to do in that area. they are continuing to conduct drone flights. they pretty much have around-the-clock surveillance over raqqah. it's a key area they're looking at wolf. >> barbara starr with the latest at the pentagon. thanks very much. that's it for me, thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. for our international viewers, "amanpour" is coming up next. for our...

But the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, that's exactly where they like to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. that's what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but the group could still strike any time in the middle east, europe or america. and syria is still in chaos.

Helped broker a deal that forced him to give up his chemical weapons stockpile. within a year, syria's declared materials were removed without a shot being fired. but the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, that's act andly where extremists like to go to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. that's what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. over the...

Isis militants captured a jordanian pilot. the plane was brought down during a coalition air raid over raqqah in eastern syria. new photos show the damaged plane. raqqah is one of the main targets for the u.s.-led coalition in syria and iraq. the capture is a major setback for the anti-ice ace lisis alli. bar ba starr, isis released photos of the pilot. >> very difficult. they've released photos of obviously a terrified jordanian pilot encaptured by isis in raqqah. raqqah, of course, in syria, is a major stronghold for the isis organization. the jordanian army, the jordanian government, even t...

Attacks over and over in rapid fire, three in the past three months, in britain. obviously demoralizing and weary to have the public to hear about it and god forbid, live through them. give us context. is the west winning? is isis losing ground? you know, it is hard to sometimes know when you see the horror that they are still able to perpetrate. >> yes, isis is losing a significant amount of ground in syria and iraq and libya and afghanistan. other places where they had main gains in previous years. they are on the ropes in mosul. they are in a small part of that town now. they still have som...